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d''y by tue Insertion Of "a 'tr,., WiLhs,Gt
hiS knowledge. among loc.,Il l,''uEit in
by reporter.
, 1887-04-28

d. B. jackson, ticket agent of the
Oregon Railway & Navigation com
pany, has received instructions from
the General Passenger Agents Office
of that line, TO resume selling tickets
80 Portland at Sl5 to visitors to Cal
fornia who desire to return east by
the northhrn routes This rate
was discounted when the Interstate
commerce law went into effect.
, 1887-04-28

The long delayed lease of the Ore
gon Railway & Navigation company
and the Oregon Transcontineutpl
lines by the Union Pacific IS at last
an accomplished fact 1t involves
one of the very largest transactions
ever accomplished, and it means
much to the Pacific northwest. 1t
means great things for The west side
Of Puget Sound and fer Port Town
send bay. 1t is in fulfiImeut of the
declaration made by Hon. Charles
F. Adams, president of the Union Pa
cific, when he was in Port Townsend
with the Sh rna an payty. He said
his company WIS pushing northward
toward an outlet on Puget Sound,
and that when they reachol Portland
they would Loo be mucl i,nge. in
rsGc :in" Port Towrse. q.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-01-22
BE JUST GENTLEM EN-

Both the leading Baltimore dallies
the SIN and .4meyicaN have given
wide circulation to DR.. Morris eNag-
gerated report of the late (alleged)
dyphthe1a epidemic in this town. The
Doctor has drawn hasty conclusions
from hurriedly obtained data, and has,
vulgarly speaking given Elkton black
eye" as healthy town. We had thirty
seven cases of diphtheria in 1886 in
Elkton, some of them scarcely recog-
nizable as such. This is the combined
showing OF the entire Elkton medical
fraternity. DIR. Morris publishes to the
universe that we had sixty IN three
months. We really had in one year
SIX deaths from diphtheria, one OF them
beng of doubtful character. DR.. Nor
ris says we had ten deaths in three
months.
Now as the Sun and american both
gave currency to DIR. Morris report
which IS so we'll calculated to do US in
Jury. we ask them in a spirit of fairness
and fraternity to give equal publicity to
the real facts in the case, which this issue
of The WHO so fully states, and which
statement is made up from the profess
SIGNAL records of all the physicians of
Elkton.
We regard compliance with this
fair request, an act justly due to the
citizens of Elkton, where both news
papers have numerous daily patrons
and readers.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-01-22

PROHIBITION AT CLOSE QUARTERs.-
The greatest difficulty encountered by
the prohibitlonisl is not to secure legis-
lation shaped in accordance with his
ideas, but to secure the enforcement of
prohibition laws. The law may be per-
feet, the penalties ample, but the prac-
teal working is after time found to
be defective. The wonderful increase
in the percentage of alcohol in Cecil
county cider during the time in which
cider was excepted in that county from
the prohibition applied to other alco-
holic beverages is not an isolated phe-
nomenon. Maine and other States in
which prohibition has been tried for
many years have encountered similar
evasions of the most carefully framed
statutes. Liquids of the most intoxica-
ting character are sold in those States
under innocent MANS, and it IS found
to be almost impossible to secure pro-
per evidence of the fraud.-BaAo. SIN.
Why should the Baltimore SIN seek
to cultivate popular prejudice against
Prohibitory laws, by exaggerating or
even citing the difficulties of their en-
torcement. The practical workings Of
all laws prohibltory either Of vice or
crime are defective, and the penalties
of such laws difficult of enforcement.
Why should prohibitory laws be speci-
ally instanced any more than laws
against theft, arson or burglary? Are
any laws intended to protect society to
be abandoned simply because their en-
forcement is difficult? Yet this is the
unwelcome inference Of all such quota
lions as that above cited.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-01-22

SOMETHING will have to be done with
these Baltimore newspapers if they keep
up Their witty perversions of scripture.
The other day Mayor Hodges slipped
on the ice and falling, broke his arm.
A local editor remarked, that Mr..
Hodges verified his own piety because
the Bible says "that the wicked stand
in slippery places" What should be
done with this smart perversionist
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-01-22
MIR. TILDEN'S WARDROBE

We don't generally look successfully
for humor in the columns of our staid
old contemporary the Baltimore San,
value it as we may as a reliable and
ever welcome daily medium of news.
But if it gets off many more, or even
any more samples like the following we
shall rank it with the Toledo Blade or
the Norristown Herald.
The inventory of the personal ef-
feCts OF MIR. Tllden, which have been
spread oui for the cold scrutiny of the
public, contains an interesting array OF
articles, some of which may cause the
thoughtless to smile and the more t4s-
tidlous to grieve. For instance, fash
ionable people may regret that MIR.
Illden should have displayed SO little
regard tor his position In the world in
the matter of collars, the inventory filed
by his executors showing that ne had
only three linen collars and a box of
paper collars. Mr.. Tllden, however,
was not man to wear political collars,
and it may he that his sense of Demo-
cratic independence and freedom re-
belled against the physical bad ge of
servitude which the collar even as an
article of modern costume may have
suggested to his untrammeled spirit.
The inventory mentions in detail all of
MIR. Illden's numerous suits of clothing
his coats, his vests and undergar-
ments-but nowhere does 1t refer to
his mantle, Doubtless this is being
held in reverse for the statesman who
can show himself large enough to wear
1t. 1t will be remarked as singular
that the executors return shows Mr..
IIlden to nave had five shoes at the
time of his death. The public will nat
urally wonder what has become of the
odd shoe, which has somehow become
separated from its fellow 1t IS be-
lleved that the mystery may DC easily
solved, and that the missing SHOE will
eventually be found among the effects
OF MIR. Rutherford B. Hayes, who stood
In at least one OF MIR. TIlden's shoes
for four years-that OF de taCto Presi-
dent-and would have now also the
de jure shoe had it been possible TO
make it fit him.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-01-22

make comparison between Elkton and
other Maryland towns. But leaving
DIR. Morris and his report tnot discour
teously) out OF the case, and the fact
is still patent that remedial, legislation
is needed to correct local health abuses.
Take walk through the suburbs of
Elkton. Visit the avenues south of
and Immediately adjacent to the rail-
road. Investigate Water street. Look
about the gas house, consider all
through our borders the multiplied evil
dences of unhealthy conditions. We
speak OF them generally, leaving to the
better qualified local medical profession
the duty of detail. While similar I'M
sanitary conditions doubtless prevail in
every tide water town in Mary land and
elsewhere, they nevertheless emphasize
the necessity of directing public attention
to the health of this and other Mary
land towns in view of securing rene
dial legislation. We therefore believe
that DR.. Ellis strikes the key note of
the situation in the suggestion and adj
vocacy of general health law or code
for the State, which shall be specific in
it. prohibitions, and definite in its pen
altles. The difficulty not to say lmpos-
sibilty of enforcing local health ordi-
nances is amply demonstrated in the
experience of every citizen who has
been called upon to serve in a NUM-
cipal capacity in our towns and villages.
In The cities the case is different. The
law there is no respecter of persons.
1t is otherwise in the country towns.
Men usually will not jeopardize friendly
relations with neighbors, by enforcing
local ordinances even while convinced
of the public necessity of such en-
torcement. The potent remedy we be-
lieve lies in the general statute, and we
hope the press of Maryland will use its
influence in every section of the State,
to create public sentiment in favor Of
such enactments, as will Danish from
every corporate town within her Dor
ders, any and every nuisance liable to
impair the public health.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-01-22
BENEDICTION FOR BENNY

Governor elect Benny" Biggs was
duly inausurated Governor of Della
ware, on Tuesday. Doubtless Mr..
Biggs like several other prominent Dem
ocrats we know on this side ''the line
IS surprised at his own success in pol
itics. Other people certainly are and
Mr.. Bjggs generally keeps up with his
neighDors. Bat we wish HIM success
and we mean it, We discriminate,
however. between the man and the
Official. No one who has a decent re-
gard either for himself, or for intelligent
pablo opinion could wish Mr.. Biggs
success as the Governor OF Delaware,
if that success IS to be predicated upon
the Continuance of the present political
condition ID that State. The debauch-
cry and corruption Of the ballot box in
the Cily Of Wilmington uutrivals that of
Baltimore, against which the honest
sentiment OF Maryland Democracy is
no in open rebellion. The prostitution
OF the machinery of elections in Will
mington, Is disgrace to the conceded
civilization and refinement OF that city
of successful mechanics. We feel
strong attachment for that beautiful
hillside town whose growth and pro
gress SO well illustrate the progressive
spirit Of American industry. Closely
allied to il socially as we'll as geographic
calIy, We feel almost local pride in the
success of its prominent men, and the
record they have made by the si1e of
the most conspicuous American inven-
tors. ship builders, and machinists If
Mr.. Bugs will lend his influence and
example towards correcting the political
abuses OF his state, and in restoring to
the Chief city OF it, her former reputa.
ton for decent politics, we wish him
abundant success. If on the other
hand he shall aid in perpetual;ng the
Bourbon rule IL Delaware we pray his
administration may ANONYMOUSLY fail.
We recall a political speech We once
heard Mr.. Biggs make in front of the
court house in Elkton. Possibly it was
in 1886. "FcHow citizens" said he,
your calling upon me to speak after the
solid eioquence you have heard today,
reminds me of the habits of our western
trontiersmen. After they have laid the
walls of their cabins OF the sturdy oaks
which for centuries have defed the
storms, they rhiuh in the interstices
with mud to complete the structure and
to keep out the cold.
interpreting MIR. Biggs by the light
of his own figure, if ne intends to be a
. Governor of mud to chiHk in the holes
of political naatIness begot by the jeal-
ousies and contests of the upper and
lower factions of his party in Delaware,
we hope he may not realize his habitual
success. Sharp and shrewd as he is
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-01-22


If Elkton is as bad as it is painted
by the State Board of Health, it is no
fit place for a healthy man to live in.
Yet there are many very healthy-look
ing people who register from that town.
-Bah0. --imtJICaN.
Right you are, Felix. We call you
Felix because you are our best friend.
There are lots OF lively irvalids around
Elkton The fact is that political inva-
idism is about the only epidemic now
prevalent in Eikton. 1t is painful re-
lection upon Dr. Morris, that he mis-
took he symptoms Of this public local
disorder, and called them diphtheretic.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-01-22

The sheriff of Richmond hung Gu
verius the alleged murderer of Lillian
Madison with a rope made of strands
of red, white and blue silk. Could any
thing have been more incongruous ?
We can only imagine that this Smart
.Aleck," intended to spare the feelings
of Cluverus' family, by not having it
said of one of them that he had
stretched hemp"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-01-22

naturally, typifying the successful self
made man of his time, and whose per-
sonal success we applaud, we wish him
success as Governor of Delaware only
on the condition named. He ought to
be a good Governor if he be half as
good a Methodist at Dover, as he pro-
tesses to be at Middletown.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-01-22

The most important measure advo-
Gated last week by the convention OF
Maryland Farmers, is the question of
the annual listing of property for assess
ment and taxation. In Maryland,
property is assessed but once in ten
wears. In most Of the states it is done
every year.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-01-22
DIR. NORRIS REPORT.

We ask lntcIIi gent consideration by
the reading portion of this community
of an important communication from
DR.. c. NJ. Ellis elected by the recent
report of DR.. Morris of the State Board
of Health, relative to the health stand
ard and sanitary condition of the town
of Elkton. While DR.. Morris report
bears on its face the unmistakable evil
dences of hasty preparation, and the
Doctor in an apparently perfunctorY
performance of an official duty has
unintentionally exaggerated the extent
of the recent epidemic of diphtheria
and has gwen Elkton a bad name
abroad, yet we are not disposed to in
duIge a captious criticism of it, unpala-
table as his report may be to our citi-
zens generally. We may, however,
very well question the wisdom, justice,
or good taste of member of the State
Board of Health. making our village
the object of his official condemnation
except upon patient Investigation. and
well-considered preparation of his re-
port. The duty of exami-
nation and report upon the sanitary
condition of this town had been it
seems assigned to DR.. Morris by the
State Board of Health of which he is
conspicuous and honored member
For some reason, however, he delayed
making this examination until the very
day before the meeting of the State
Board Friday January 18th. To re-
lleve himself from the possible charge
OF derehction of duty,the Doctor came
to Elkton on Thursday, the 18th. He
saw the local health officer, held brief
conferences with our resident ply
sicians, took in at glance the
wide expanse of marsh adjacent to
the town. Specialized mentally upon
its possible or actual malarial potency,
glanced at our natural sewer, saw much
surface fifth frozen too stiff to punch
with his cane, mistook by two years his
data in the Realey cases, whose house
he did not inspect, and parting with
his professional coufrcres genial gentle
man that he is, returned to Baltimore
to file the next day his professional
ultimatum that ElktOn is an unhealthy
town. But although the doctor didn't
manage to come to see us until after
the subsidence of the diphtheria cpl
demlc, if indeed it can be called such,
and although he holds theories at
variance with the we'll fortified opin-
ions of resident physicians quite as
reputable as himself, we are neyerthe-
less disposed to thank him for the
facts his report contains, and think the
doctor has done this community more
good than injury by it. There is
enough of truth in it to set our people
to thinking over existing unsantary
conditions that undoubtedly are a men,
ace to the public health. 1t is all very
well to concede. among ourselves that
these conditions exist, but 1t comes with
bad grace for US to resent the informa
ton because it comes from one outside
the town, and he publicly exposes what
we privately confess. There is no use
If our attempting to conceal behind a
bulwark of local pride the fact, that
during 1886 there was an unusually
high rate Of mortality in this town. DR..
Ellis emphasizes these facts and will we
understand revert to them again to
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-01-22
EnKTUN. JANUARY -, 1887.

ONE of the rewly appointed Demo-
crauc employees Of the Baltimore Gus
tom House has Just committed suicide,
There can be no question OF that mans
insanity.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-01-22
s*'rRE+WH IGs:

Permanently rG'uGje for ITS Local as rel as Gen
erai Intelligence Nelcs Communications are respect
tuIiy sOli,ited rom ali sections Of the County, IN
addition 10 The ycskg contributions Of its regular
orps Of correspoadenis. Anonymous communtcd-
ois uiH rscstrc no attention. the name Of the
grif,r Dsug required u, ali cases as guarantee Of
q09G taith.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-01-22
a Great Victory
A Terrible Case Of Sc!ofula
Cured by
Hoods SarsapariI!a

- In the winter of 1879 | was attacked with
At one time had no less than thirteen large
assesses over and around my neck and throat,
continually exuding an offensive mass Of
bloody matter disgusting TO behold, and
almost intOlerable TO endure. 1t is impossible
to fully describe my sutferingS, as the ease
was complicated with Chronic Catarrh. After
three years of misery, having been treated by
three physicians, l was worse than ever
Finally, on the recommendation of W. j.
Huntley, druggist, of Lockport was induced
TO try Hoods SarSaparila. And now, after
having taken twelve bottles, within the last
twelve months. the Scrofulous eruptions have
entirely ceased, and the assesses have all
disappeared, except the unsightly sears. which
are daily becoming smaller by degrees. and
beautifully less / do not Know what il NAV
have done for others, but | do know that i'll
my case, Hoods SarSararilia has proved an
effective specific indeed. As an evidence OF
my gratitude l send these facts unsolicited
and am ready to verify the authenticity Of
this cure, by personal CORRESPONDENCE with
any one WHO doubts it." CHARLES a. ROE
ERTS, East Wilson, \. y.
This statement is confirmed by ". J. Hunt
ley, druggist, of Lockport, \. V. who calls the
cure great Tjctory for Hoods SarSaparilla.
Send for book giving statements ofmany cures.
Hoods SarsapariIEa
Sold by all druggists. 81; six for S.. haade
only by c. l. HOOD 6; CO., Lowell, Mass.
100 Doses One Dollar.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-01-22
INSANITY.

For years past Republicans have
been telling the people that Baltimore
politics were controlled by combina-
ton of INSCRIPTIONS rascals. Now that
reputable and well-known Democrats
tell them the same thing, it is to be
hoped they viii believe it.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-01-22
DR.. Morris Report On the Diphthsria in
Elktou.

5 .lvatlou IL, d certain cure.
DR.. Morris Report On the DIphthsria in
Elktou.
Tue State Board of Health held meet
ing at the City Hall ON +. iday of last
week. All the members were present
except ID G. w. Chancellor, who Is in
Europe. DR.. P,pr occupied the chair.
DIR. john Morris made IA report III refer
ence to The epidemic of diphtheris IN Elk
ton. He states tnat he visited the town
on the IL III nst aud during his invesLi-
CATION CONSULTED Drs. Mitchell. Ellis and
lamar, the health officer. Tao ep,demIo
continued nearly three mouths. and there
were about sixty casss, Win ten deaths.
While there have been sporadic Cases Of
diphtheria from time to time i'll EIkton
and locality, never until recsntIy has 1t
asusmed an epidemic folm About a
year ago three children Of d family named
Reale, ', residing ON Main street, suffered
from tho disease, but it did not extend TO
other parts OF tile town Dr. Mitchell
thought that they had contracted the
d,.s.s. from o,, .utfs,,n,r fr,,,, 49,,
d,nhth.ri, WniI. I'm. ~ n,,s,,I.
oau.e DR. Morris tejt conyiced that II
WAS MT the time oDe Tnon sxam,u,
,;nn II. ,,und ,h. ,.mis.s IN til. w,r.t
noss;ble co,ni,,o, q ith an oman SAVIOR m
III. r..r i, ub,ch all man,,et NJ tit,b va,
smnt;.d It. u,. ,taonant and cnn,d on1y
h. tIus,.d nv rain .,orms H.. Eli. vh
attended tn. frs, case couid find M In
cal c.u,e about III. house to accuuut for
,h, d,,.... ,h,,r IN h. .d,,;,t.,d &c.,, 49,,
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that cont.yinn n al u,ncb to do win III.
snr,ad of tb, di,.a.e- r., st.r.s ,i,,,J
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Umbrellas and GnSSamers.

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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-01-22

Plush Balls and Ornaments. 2uc doZ and uu.
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and up.
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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-01-22

Sick and bilious headache cured by DR..
Pierce's pellets"
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from the Ills flesh is heir To, what u good
price they'n btlug i'll The market. Well,
twenty five ceuts VIII buy cheap paLacra
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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-01-22
Underwear and COrsetS,
For Fancy Work.

NIIKN T I Nv FNN.
Loomer>' celebrated SEort-lip Corset line Saline
all CO. ur>. ~ -.
We have best DOC Corset in the city; ask to see it
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Extra Quality All-iinen Cape Collars. including
Rhinestone Collar Button, ) IUr 25c.
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